Katerina Kotsonis

Katerina Kotsonis is an Australian television and stage actress,

Career Kotsonis has appeared in numerous television shows across her career. In 1992, she had a recurring role as Julia in comedy series Acropolis Now, opposite Nick Giannopoulos.

In 2000 same year, Kotsonis made a guest appearance as Sophie Andrikidis in Blue Heelers, a role she briefly reprised in both 2001 and 2002. Also in 2002, Kotsonis played the ongoing role of Mrs Papasavas in children's series Short Cuts.

In 2012, Kotsonis landed a guest role as Patricia Pappas in long-running soap opera Neighbours, resuming the role in a recurring capacity in 2014. The following year, she made her first appearance of several in prison drama Wentworth. She played the guest roles of both Officer Brenda Murphy and Nurse Collins in the series, between 2015 and 2020. In 2016, Kotsonis had a starring role in comedy web series Little Acorns, alongside Rachel Griffiths.

Kotsonis' most recent small screen credit is the 2026 web series Become the One, in which she plays the role of Maria.

Kotsonis has also made guest appearances in The Games, Wildside, The Secret Life of Us, Very Small Business, Bed of Roses, The Ex-PM and miniseries and Seven Types of Ambiguity. She later played the role of Angela in 2011 film Surviving Georgia, alongside Pia Miranda and Holly Valance. She has also appeared in numerous short films. In 2022, she appeared in the play Security and in 2024 she played the title role in the musical Eftihia, for La Mama.

Together with actor Jim Koutsoukos, Kotsonis founded the Greek Australian Short Film Festival (GASFF) in Melbourne in 2010.

Filmography

Television YearTitleRoleNotesRef 1991 Embassy Rani 1 episode 1992 Acropolis Now Julia 5 episodes 2000–2002Blue Heelers Sophie Andrikidis 4 episodes 2001 The Secret Life of Us Mrs. Konstantinidis 1 episode 2002 Short Cuts Mrs Papasavas 7 episodes 2011 Bed of Roses Magistrate 1 episode 2012–2014 Neighbours Patricia Pappas 6 episodes 2015–2020 Wentworth Officer Brenda Murphy / Nurse Collins 8 episodes 2026 Become the One Maria Web series, 4 episodes A Slap in the Face Short Surviving Georgia Angela The White Rose 1989 The Heartbreak Kid Melbourne Athenaeum 2009 Cafe Rebetika! Katerina Arts Centre Melbourne Undated Betrayal La Mama, Melbourne Undated The Last Proxy Australian tour Undated Punuyiota Writers Festival Undated AIMA Universal Theatre, Melbourne Undated The Magic Bow QLD tour